Monticello Community Calendar April 1 6
Monticello minutes list a week of meetings from April 1 to April 6 including Traveling emblem staff Rotary and NCCW events at local halls churches and lodges. Also notes a Family Life conference in Ames and multiple post office and community building gatherings plus rummage sales and births reported by John McDonald hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Hall
American Legion
Legion Hall
Rotary
St. Luke's Methodist Church
N.C.C.W
Newman Hall
Schreiner
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Family Life
Ames
E.H.A. Service
S.C
Rebekah Lodge
Anamosa
Bown We Go Club
Alcoholics Anonymous
Monticello State Bank
County Livestock -Outlook
Sacred Heart Ladies Parish
Stuhler Building
the Congregational Church
John McDonald Hospital
John Traden
Cletus Donovan
Bernard
John Drees
Hartville
John Hoffman
Monticello
Ray Hosch
Cascade
Sutton
Walter Carr
Jackson County Public Hospital
Maquoketa
Local Courthouse Records and Center Junction Locker Plant Update
Courthouse records list daily entries with names ages and towns including Paul Frink Rose Marie May Glenn Mills Ruth Paulsen Dorothy Maire and Edgar Glenn plus vehicle makes Volkswagen Chevrolet and Plymouth. Si Bradley named new operator of Center Junction locker plant with weekly butcher days and phone pickup service announced by Russ Jamieson of the Farmers Mutual Co op creamery association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Donald Frink
Lisbon
Rose Marie May
Martelle
Fred C. Ketelsen
Anamosa
Marie Gaye Chipman
Glenn Milton Mills
Elberon
Ruth Eleanor Paulsen
Scotch Grove
Roger Haner Williams
Eagle Grove
Shirley K. Holtz
Dorothy L. Maire
Monticello
Volkswagen
Edgar E. Glenn
Olin
Chevrolet
E. C. Hansen
Oxford Junction
Russel
Laneva Meeks
Mechanicsville
Plymouth
Si Bradley
Center Junction
Russ Jamieson
Farmers Mutual Co-op Creamery Association
Mystery surrounds midair breakup of Wyoming plane crash
A small Cessna four seater vanishes in midair over rural Wyoming near Oxford Junction killing pilot Robert B. Myers a 44 year old Sioux City pharmacist. Investigators consider high winds and an explosion like noise as likely causes amid scattered wreckage and conflicting weather reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Sioux City
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Oxford Junction
Robert B. Myers
Dreibelbis
Myers
Clinton
Bob Nowachek
Sheriff Dreibelbis
Tuberculosis group names officers and area chairmen
Mrs. C. R. Smith of Wyoming lists the Jones County Tuberculosis association officers and town and township chairmen for the annual meeting in the Community building. Des Moines official Paul C. Williamson will speak on the patch test program from 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Smith
Wyoming
Jones County Tuberculosis Association
Paul C. Williamson
Des Moines
Iowa Tuberculosis and Health Association
Jones County
Salary Raise for Monti Cello Public School Teachers
The board of education announced salary adjustments for Monticello public school staff. Elementary base pay increased by 100, two year teachers added a new category, and bachelor and master degree holders gain 200 with higher annual increments. Eight teachers resigns and three new hires, including Howard Webb as new vocational agriculture instructor. Contracts due April 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Board of Education
Boyd Shannon
Shannon
John Bryant
Howard Webb
Marengo
Newhall
Olive Edgeton
June Bridges
Approval Granted 3-Year Road Plan For Jones County
Jones County board approves the three year road improvement program totaling 62.74 miles to be graded and surfaced at 561180. A map error in Jackson township was corrected. The plan awaits State Highway Commission approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Jones County Board of Approval
Board of Supervisors
Earl Beisel
Jackson Township
State Highway Commission
U A W Seeks Election Among Energy Farm Equipment Workers
The United Auto Workers filed with the National Labor Relations Board to hold a vote among Energy Farm Equipment Co. employees on whether to appoint the union as their sole representative for collective bargaining. Local UAW organizers reveal plans for a petition and a 10 day consideration period, with a meeting scheduled for April 2 in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Auto Workers Union
A.f.l-C.lo
National Labor Relations Board
Energy Farm Equipment Company
U.A.W
Express
Herman Yossi
Monticello
Link-Belt Speeder Company
Cedar Rapids
Don W. Harris
Des Moines
G. J. Parker
Yossi
the Express
Harris
Pasker
The
Express Satur
N.S.R
Parker
UAW
Monticello U.A.W
Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall
Franklin Equipment Company
FFA Banquet Names Sweetheart Officers and Members
Monti cello Future Farmers of America chapter held a Friday banquet in the Community building. Mary Ann Buol was announced as chapter sweetheart by Tom Streets. Forrest Johnson received honorary member of the year honors. Six members received awards for outstanding achievement in swine beef sheep dairy corn and weed control. New officers include Streets president Meier vice president Hanssen secretary Hein treasurer Gerdes reporter and Wright sentinel. Outgoing officers listed and John Bryant serves as advisor. A program featured Mary Ellen Reid, Bob Nance, a film on the national FFA anniversary, and toasts and welcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Future Farmers of America
Mary Ann Buol
Tom Streets
Forrest Johnson
F.F.A
Farmers Home Administration
Harlan
Marvin Ricklefs
Loren Lubben
Ken Paulsen
Jerry Eggiman
Ken Schatz
Albert Hanssen
Streets
Richard Meier
Ivan Hein
Phillip Gerdes
Jim Wright
Sentinel
Gordon Eberhart
Richard Stadtmueller
Galen Kuper
John Bryant
Mary Ellen. Reid
Onslow
Bob Nance
WMT Radio and TV
Cedar Rapids
Paulsen
Kuper
Eberhart
M. P. Paulsen
Cascade Voters Approve Gas Plant Board
Cascade residents vote 65 to 29 to authorize a three member board appointed by Mayor Leo Dolphin to oversee a municipal gas system. A $160000 bond was approved earlier, with mains installation possible in spring 1958 pending Federal Power Commission action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
Leo Dolphin
Peoples Natural Gas
Omaha
Neb
Federal Power Commission
Dolphin
Bonding Power Too Low to Build Gym in Monticello
The Monticello public school board heard a special study committee report that bonding power is insufficient to finance a new gymnasium auditorium with music room and kitchen facilities. Architect estimates place the cost around 272000 dollars, with bond limits near 123000 dollars at typical interest rates. The committee urged continued study and requested lawmakers support Senate files 1 and 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
James Maurice
School’ Board
Russell Eldred
Senate
House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Courthouse Records
Weather Report
Center Jet
Fred Lazare
Paul H. Zimmerman
Highway 136
Lewis Dreibelbis
Jones
C.A.A
Howard Campbell
L. E. Cantrell
Robin
Gene Chamberlin
Jones County Association
Smith
G. M. Jones
Glenn Hargrave
W. B. Clark
Harold Healy
J. T. Remley
Esther Sinclair
Maude Lowry
Marion H. Serbousek
Margaret Wismeier
Del
Bert Stingley
Co. G. Thomas
Lloyd Robertson
Anamasa
W. B. Meeks
Raymond Holtz
Herschel Loesbe
Ervin Hansen
Jack Stingley
George Wooder
Morley
Ernest Schneir
Castle Grove Township
George Hoffman
Lovell Township
Marcus Lahey
Richland Township
Andy Stoll
Washington Township
Carl Poppe
Cass Township
Helen Lieneman
Wayne Township
Clarence Doll
Clay Township
Ray Peet
Fairview
Hulda Nielsen
Frank Zamastil
Madison Township
D. J. Wasson
Wyoming Township
Lyle Beighle
Greenfield Township
John Petersen
Hale Township
Delbert Stingley
Rome Township
Honorine Reuter
Betty Arink
Carpenter School
Carole Buckman
Margaret Harvey
Wilma Linn
H. H. Rickels
Cass
Edwin Juilfs
Clay
Clayt Hartman
Claude von Sprecken
Greenfield
Carl Mardorf
Jackson
Oscar Dethmann
Hale
I. R. Hintz
Lovell
Edward Wilcox
Madison
Howard J. Barto
Oxford
John J. Hein
Richland
J. B. Pieper
Rome
W. S. Eby
Albert Stickley
Washington
H. H
FFA
G.O.C
Hopkinton Hopkinton
Hopkinton
Ground Observer Corps
Dick Long
Glen Jones
Tom Atherton
Karl Keffer Associates
Atherton
H. M. Carpenter
Earl DeShaw
Arnold Schlueter
R. A. Long
H. M. Jones
Ray Stumbaugh
Clarence Hosford
Robert Myers
Leigh Clark
Schlueter
Orvin Yeoman
Rex Schrader
James Nelson
Ralph Bone
Otto Smith
Roy Miller
Arch Edwards
Elizabeth Baty
C. L. Goettsch
Glen Lambert
D. L. Cassidy
Paul Arduser
Paul Bender
DeShaw
H. Cox
Arthur Skeley
Dave ‘Cuckler
Louis Morf
Forrest
Phog) Allen
Allen
Kansas U
Ron Long
Tom Rhatigan
Maynard Lang
John Behn
Marvin Wink
Allen White
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